Islamic Military Alliance

The Saudi anti-terror bloc was an alliance of Islamic states led by Saudi Arabia formed on 15 December 2015 to combat the Islamic State and other terrorist groups everywhere.

History
On 15 December 2015, al-Ekhbariya announced that Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Turkey, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Djibouti, Senegal, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Gabon, Guinea, Palestine, Comoros, Qatar, Ivory Coast, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, the Maldives, Mali, Malaysia, Egypt, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, and Yemen formed an anti-terror bloc. The 34-country joint task force was to be centered in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, and from there they would fight terrorism from the Islamic State (IS) and other terrorist groups worldwide. Indonesia and a dozen other Islamic countries also voiced their support for the alliance, which made Saudi Arabia a regional power in the Middle East and Islamic World. It was not said to have been military at the start; instead, it claimed that it would use legal instruments to fight against terrorism.